Well, if this little guy happens to bite you, you could end up in severe pain or worse if you don't seek medical treatment which is the reason why you don't really want to leave them anywhere near where you or your kids might be. This one was living in our mailbox. I was going to just kill it but my neighbor had never seen a black widow before and wanted to look at it closer so she could learn to identify them if she saw them around her house. She's the one who got it in the jar. I was standing by shrieking every time it moved.

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I grew up in rural Oregon on a childhood fueled by constant reading and access to trees, farm animals, and cats. Though I generally do well academically, I dislike the structure of school and dropped out of college after a little over a year to work first making coffee then later moving on to banking. Married fairly young to one of my best friends in high school who had grown up to be a handsome Marine, and have since been moving around from base to base with him.

I'm a self-published author of fantasy romance and YA fantasy books. I'm usually writing, editing, or rewriting at least two projects.

We are currently living in southern California with our two daughters, my cat, and a sneaky German Shepherd. I'm writing most of the time and playing with dragons when not writing.